February 21, 2019
I wouldn’t trade my college experience for anything. But I do wish I had handled my finances better. Here are four smart money moves tips I wish somebody had shared with me when I was a college student. Never carry a balance on a credit ...
USAA Certified Financial Planner Scott Halliwell (Coach Scott) uses a farmer’s field to explain the difference between Roth and Traditional IRAs.
Did your retirement train get knocked completely off the tracks as it passed through the Great Recession of 2008? If so, you’re not alone. Despite officially ending in mid-2009, our country’s most recent financial fiasco left countless ...
Though it seems like forever ago that I was a wide-eyed 18-year-old headed off for college (maybe because it was?), I can still vividly remember my sense of excitement. The mountain was mine to climb! And while I wouldn’t trade my college ...
That’s a question none of us ever wants to answer. Unfortunately, it’s a harsh reality many Americans face these days. If you’re looking at a financial crunch, here’s a 5-step strategy designed to help you weather the ...
Are you part of the American tax-filing majority who’s about to get a big, fat tax refund? If so, I have a question: What are you going to buy yourself with it? What? A stranger is asking how you plan to spend your tax refund instead of ...
With no alternative plan emerging in Washington, D.C., $85 billion in automatic 2013 federal spending cuts are set to kick in on March 1, and the government’s response will affect the income of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, ...
So which card is better to use — your credit or debit card? “It really depends,” says Scott Halliwell, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner with USAA. “I typically tell people to avoid using credit cards because of the ...
